Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28
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noticed neat, modest-looking
lady pushing her way along in the
crowd on Kearney street the other day
and was surprised to see 80 much spirit
manifested by girl of her dainty APP
pearance. When she met several ladies
she would crowd closely to the street
edge or tho wall, but when men came
along she marched boldly between
them. Calling the attention of another
lady to her strange manner, she said:
20, always do that, too. l under
stand it.; she's supertitious.
"How is that?" 1 asked.
well you see it brings good luck to.
separate mon when you meet them, but
nothing breeds misfortune so surely as
to divide two women on the street.
looked to see if she were jesting, but
saw at once that Judge could not be
more serious.
"And do you believe that nonsense? ?"
l asked.
"Why, s'pose it's foolish" she an
swered, "but know if ever do. some
thing happens. Now, just yesterday I
was with another lady and was ashamed
to turn out, and we went right between
two women, ard at dinner l swallowed
toothpick and came near choking to
DEATH"
"But you didn't die?" suggested.
"No, but was awfully scared"
That evening I went to party and
tried to find out the pet superstition of
each girl I danced with. And they all
have them One wouldn't go under a
leaning ladder, another would be sure
of becoming i'll if she saw the moon
oven her left shoulder, another would
not read an epitaph for fear of losing
her memory. One girl told me she
could stop dogs howl by taking off
her shoe and splitting in it, In drawing
her kerc]lief from her bosom, narrow
slip OF paper huttered to the ground on
which were some hieroglyphics. 80.
my charm!" she exclaimed. I sup
posed she had lost an article of iewelry,
and was searching about for it when
she seized upon the scrap of paper as
though it were a deed to San Diego
corner lot. My curiosity was aroused,
and she explained that it was charm
insuring success in undertakings, pur-
chased by her at q great price from an
Egyptian fortune-teller in Paris, and
that it's possession alone amounted to
nothing, but it must be put into the
pocket or into the bosom of dress
during the recital fan Egyptian verse.
Ii one failed to remember that, how
ever, the Lords prayer might be substi-
tuted
In the midst Of an enhancing waltz
with one lady she suddenly paused and
pressed her hand spasmodically to her
upper lip.
what is it? I asIlet'
II was so afraid ] should sneeze," she
remarked. II wouldn't for ANYTHING
tonight"
"Why tonight moro than any time 7"
80, its Friday, and 'sneeze on Friday
sneeze to your sorrow And it comes
true, TOO, if I ever do forget. Did you
never hear the rhyme:
Sneeze on Monday, snecze for danger;
On Tuesday for a stranger,
On Wednesday for letter,
| On Thursday for something better,
On Friday for your sorrow,
On Saturday, company tomorrow
i always try to sneeZe on Saturday, ;"
she added naively.
have taken notes since then and I
find there is not one of the sweet crca-
lures that has not her supertiious
whim. L have a little friend on Van
Ness avenue who would go to church
with her sealskin jacket wrong side out,
If by any improbability she happened
to get it on that way, rather than incur
the bad luck sure to overtake her by
taking it OFF to change it. | know a
girl on Fourteenth street, in Oakland,
who becomes quite radiant when her
dressmaker is obliged to rip a seam she
has just sewed, as she is sure she will
live to wear the garment out. Ire
member visiting a ranch where bees
were kept and the hostess telling me
that honey was a failure that year on
account of their neglccting to rap on
the bee house to tell the occupants that
her father had died "He died yery
suddenly" she said pathetically, "and
in the surprise and hurry and all, we
forgot all about it until daylight, and it
was too late then, for he'd been dead
four hours and the bees must be told
within the hour or you'll lose 'em all,
and sure enough we did. "-Sa7. Fran
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